Decorative ornament



Jan. 3, 1961 R. B. FAULK DECORATIVE ORNAMENT Filed May 11, 1959 INVENTOR.

RAYMOND .8 FAULK ATTORNEYS United States Patent DECORATIVE ORNAMENT Raymond B. Faulk, 8501 William, Taylor, Mich.

Filed May 11, 1959, Ser. No. 812,371

2 Claims. (Cl. 41-10) The present invention relates to an article of manufacture designed to be utilized in the production of illuminated decorative ornaments for, example, Christmas trees or similar uses.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide such an article as an element which, when fixed together with a suitable member of identical elements, will produce a hollow regular polyhedron within which a suitable light source may be located, means being provided for the light to be transmitted to the outside.

Another object is to provide an element of the kind indicated, which may be quickly and easily adapted for the production of more than one regular polyhedron.

Other objects and advantages will readily occur to those skilled in the art upon reference to the following description and the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the base portion of the article.

Figure 2 is a similar view of the intermediate member of the article.

Figure 3 is a similar view of the outer member.

Figure 4 is a similar view of a modified base portion.

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing an octahedral form producible from a suitable number of the articles.

As indicated in the drawing, the element preferably comprises three parts A, B and C. The first part A, as shown in Fig. 1 comprises a thin sheet of metal generally triangularly shaped and having the three corner portions bent up at a suitable angle from the central portion 11 which is itself triangular and which is provided with a large opening 12. As will be noted, the apices of the central portion 11 extend beyond the edges of the bent up corner portions 10 and present the extensions 15 which are preferably trimmed on a line parallel with the opposite side of the triangular central portion. The bent portions 10 are also provided with suitable openings 16, the purpose of which will be explained later.

The second part B of the article is shown in Fig. 2 and comprises a triangular sheet of transparent and preferably colored material of such dimensions as to register with the triangular portion 11, the corners of the sheet 20 being trimmed ofi as at 20A to match the extensions 15 of the part A.

The third part C of the article, as shown in Fig. 3, comprises a thin sheet of opaque material, preferably thin aluminum, of substantially the same shape and size as the pan shown in Fig. 1, except that the extensions 26 are not trimmed oil as are the extensions 15, but are left as the apices of the central triangular portion. The

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corner portions 27 are bent up at substantially the same angle as are the corners 10 of part B.

Further, instead of the large free opening 12, a more decorative opening 28 is provided. This may have any suitable form but by way of example, is shown as provided by three intersecting slits and with the tongues 29 thus formed bent up to leave the opening 28.

The complete article is composed of three parts assembled by placing the sheet 20 upon the part shown in Fig. 1 with the apices 20A registering with the extension 15 and, of course, overlying the opening 12. The part 25Fig. 3 is then placed over the sheet 20 and nests with part 11 with the extensions or ears 26 overlying the extensions 15 and then the cars 26 are bent down and overlapped around extension 15, thus making a unit.

The article just described is designed specifically for use in producing a decorative octahedral device such as is shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing, by securing together a suflicient number of the units, preferably with pieces of lucite or similar light transmitting material 50 interposed or sandwiched between two back-to-back corner portions 10.

As indicated in Fig. 5, a bent up portion 10 of the first part A is secured to a portion 10 of another by means of rivets, staples, or other means 45, the openings 16 being provided for this purpose. It is more convenient to assemble the parts A before applying the parts B and C and then to apply the latter.

Since the article is intended primarily for producing an illuminable device such as is shown in Fig. 5, one of the parts A should be omitted and a part D such as is shown in Figure 4 substituted therefor. In this figure the part D is shown as identical with the part 11 except that the opening 12A is of such shape and size as to permit insertion of a suitable electric bulb and socket (not shown). The transparent part B will also be omitted.

In the use of the article for producing a tetrahedron, substantially identical parts may be used.

I claim:

1. An article of manufacture comprising a first generally triangular sheet metal element having its apices bent up at less than a right angle to form diverging wings and provided with an opening in the central portion, a second sheet metal element of substantially the same size and shape nested in and fixed to the first element and a sheet of translucent material interposed between the central areas of the two members and overlying said opening, the second member being provided with a decorative opening in alignment with the opening in the first member, a plurality of said articles being adapted to have their wings secured together to form a polyhedral casing.

2. An article as defined in claim 1 wherein said wings are spaced apart, the portions of said second element, between said wings, being reversely bent to embrace the corresponding portions of said first element and thereby assist in holding said article assembled.

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